When Martha Jane McCRARY was born on 12 October 1848, in Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States, her father, Boyd Merrill McCrary, was 32 and her mother, Frances Evaline Yager, was 21. She married John Archibald Woods on 4 April 1866, in Howard, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Howard, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Richmond Township, Howard, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. She died on 27 February 1944, in Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Howard, Missouri, United States.
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